Design Thinker & Marketing Alchemist: Passionate about design thinking driven product creations that customers love, tell others about it, and make the world a better place.
I have the design thinking skills, the knowledge, servant-leadership practice and organizational savvy to influence and drive to actionable goals with quantified results.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Most of us have the desire to be high-performing. The alternative is boredom and less personal pride. Entrepreneurs especially, with their names on the sign, aim high. In the sports world, athletes create rituals and regulate how they live in order to increase their performance. via Pocket http://ift.tt/1gqHqsB

Saturday, February 15, 2014

These skills may be "soft," but that doesn't mean they won't make a huge difference in your life. Over at the Geek Manager site, Meri Williams recently blogged about a phenomenon she sees play out among her teams. via Pocket http://ift.tt/1jnQEGG

Friday, February 14, 2014

Happy to be part of the eBay Inc. Small Business Challenge Austin Edition....amazing work by eBay Inc. volunteers. What a an effective use of time, skills to help the less fortunate! Thank you eBay Inc. for allowing us to practice connected commerce!

Every entrepreneur knows that happy customers are the very definition of success, and most will talk a good game about just how much they care about their customers. But new research shows that businesses are failing to put their money where their mouth is. via Pocket http://ift.tt/1m9qZH2

Sunday, February 9, 2014

It could be just a coincidence, but I don’t think so. In the course of the last 10 days or so, I’ve had three in-depth conversations with businesspeople (two of them entrepreneurs) that I truly respect. The theme: Carving out more time to think. via Pocket http://ift.tt/1ghDnOe

Monday, February 3, 2014

Put 50 randomly selected U.S. professors in a room. Within 10 minutes they will be complaining about the growing number of administrators in their universities. Professors aren’t right about everything, yet they have a point in this case. via Pocket http://ift.tt/1fG4vHt

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Startups and giants alike are vying to make mobile payments take off big time. This is the way the world wants to go. But while many of the parts are in place, it has yet to happen. Our mobile devices are doing almost everything but payments. via Pocket http://ift.tt/1nk7d9C

If you, like me, have based your network connections on industry, corporation and executive level, you have been missing a golden opportunity. I’ve realized this since speaking with Pamela Ryckman (pictured above), author of best-selling book, The Stiletto Network. via Pocket http://ift.tt/1avQai8

Those people who are always on time? How to they do it? If you are part of the 20% of Americans who are chronically late, get ready to change everything. Plan any event and chances are one in five of the people you invite will be late. via Pocket http://ift.tt/1bQ8W27

Many leaders are competent but few qualify as remarkable. If you want to join the ranks of the best of the best, make sure you embody all these qualities all the time. It isn't easy, but the rewards can be truly phenomenal. 1. via Pocket http://ift.tt/1eKpLvo

Last week, New York Times reporter Nick Bilton fessed up to having 46,315 unread emails in his inbox. It's no secret that some of us are better than others when it comes to keeping on top of email. via Pocket http://ift.tt/1cAo8Rh

Tech-savvy kids have propelled the rapid growth of everything from YouTube to Snapchat. But achieving scale with educational technology--and no selfie strategy? That’s a different story. via Pocket http://ift.tt/1blc5qd